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Tiger Global leads $42M Series B in Nigerian credit-led neobank FairMoney

Neobanks have led the charge as regards venture capital funding for consumer fintech startups. But while they have collectively dominated the fintech space, they don’t operate a monolithic model

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Months later, we’re still making sense of the Supreme Court’s API copyright ruling

APIs, or application programming interfaces, make the digital world go round. Working behind the scenes to define the parameters by which software applications communicate with each other, APIs underp

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UK making trade deals with countries abusing human rights, says TUC

Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of rushing into post-Brexit trade deals with countries where workers’ rights are systematically violated or denied, includin

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How could Biden approach reparations for Black Americans?

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How could Biden approach reparations for Black Americans?

Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The article reflects the author's opinions and not n

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2U set to acquire non-profit edX for deal north of $600M

2U, a SaaS platform that helps non-profits and colleges run online universities, plans to acquire all the assets of Harvard and MIT-founded edX for a deal north of $600 million, according to multiple

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BreezoMeter, the iPhone tool that measures air quality, raises a $30M Series C

Ran Korber and his asthmatic and pregnant wife were looking to buy a house in Israel. As an environmental engineer, he knows that air pollution is the leading environmental cause of premature death, c

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‘Not fun’: U.S. Pacific Northwest heat wave builds, all-time records fall

Oregon’s largest city broke its all-time heat record on Saturday. It could beat the new mark on Sunday.Forecasters say many Pacific Northwest communities may sweat thro

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4K documentary about China's national parks goes global

The documentary series "National Parks: The Kingdom of Wildlife," produced by China Media Group (CMG), is enjoying worldwide distribution and esteem.Shot in 4K technolo

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Chinese brands lead Euro 2020 sponsorship

02:28 For some fans watching the Euro 2020 football championships this summer, a few of the brands on the billboards may look unfamiliar.Alipay, Vivo, Hisense and TikTok – ok, you've pr

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Foreign diplomats watch play marking victory

Diplomats from 55 countries, including Russia, Australia and Germany, stationed in Beijing were invited to view a Chinese play The Night at the Fragrant Hills, at the Beijing People's Art Theater

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What to know about the Delta COVID-19 variant first detected in India

The Delta variant has spread to 92 countries and regions worldwide, according to the WHO. /CFP The Delta variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in India last October, is causing

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China urges for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

A vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 16, 2021. /CFP A senior Chinese diplomat has urged all countries, in the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation, to translate their

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IR4.0 and Changing Trend in Higher Education

As the world is being plagued with Covid-19 pandemic, China, just like any other countries has accelerated transformation into the online education when the pandemic fi

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Crypto finance startup Amber Group raises $100M at $1B valuation

More mainstream venture capital firms are jumping on the crypto bandwagon as investors increasingly consider bitcoin an investable asset, despite the recent massive price drops of a few major cryptocu

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Space 'race' no more: why collaboration is the future

02:01 There's no such thing as the space race anymore – and the president of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) couldn't be happier about it.Whereas once upon a time, spac

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Investors say Eindhoven poised to become Netherlands’ No. 2 tech hub

Eindhoven might not immediately spring to mind as a high-tech hub, but the Netherlands city is keen to position itself as a center for deep tech in Europe.The Technical University of Eindhoven, High T